[tjohns]

The problem is you can’t find any company willing to recycle them. Because of the nicotine content, I’ve heard e-waste recyclers consider them hazardous waste and refuse to touch them.

[Domenic_S]

yeah, e-waste recyclers suck, they love to ship it all to the 3rd world where piles of circuit boards get tossed in an open fire and stirred by kids to reclaim the metals.

Here's a slightly old investigation finding 40% of ewaste being shipped off to china: https://www.ban.org/news-new/2016/9/15/secret-tracking-proje...

[mamonoleechi]

vape products does not all contain nicotine, it's an ingredient you choose to add in your blend,

you can choose to either vape a flavour version only, or one containing a certain amount of nicotine

[tjohns]

Sure, but the people doing the recycling have no idea what's inside of it.